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Article #1353Re: Concerns about the FSF and the GNU project
From: Steve Peltz
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 06:50
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 06:50
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In article <KFOGEL.92Dec10222029@occs.cs.oberlin.edu> kfogel@occs.cs.oberlin.edu (Karl Fogel) writes: >I am just confused >by a scenario in which free software is made illegal and proprietary >software is the only legal kind. What if I take my proprietary >software and tell everyone "Hey, here's the source, go ahead, it's all >yours!" ? Then it's free software (of a sort), and still proprietary >(I did what I wanted with my property, right?) How about if they changed the tax code so that anyone using your "free" software has to pay income tax on the "fair market value"...? Then define the fair market value of a C compiler as, say $2000, and make everyone pay 30% ($600) to use it. Of course, the commercial producers will get to play funny games with bundling, discounts, upgrade prices, etc in order to keep their prices in the same ballpark without dropping the fair market value of the "free" version. -- Steve Peltz Internet: peltz@cerl.uiuc.edu PLATO/NovaNET: peltz/s/cerl
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Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cso.uiuc.edu!peltz From: peltz@cerl.uiuc.edu (Steve Peltz) Subject: Re: Concerns about the FSF and the GNU project References: <1992Dec7.032601.4662@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <BURLEY.92Dec7105821@apple-gunkies.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <KFOGEL.92Dec10222029@occs.cs.oberlin.edu> Message-ID: <Bz4wC5.Go4@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: usenet@news.cso.uiuc.edu (Net Noise owner) Organization: Computer Based Education Research Lab - University of Illinois Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 06:50:27 GMT Lines: 18